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NORFOLK & WESTERN R. CO. v. GREENFIELD

Record No. 770258.

244 S.E.2d 781 (1978)

NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. Lucy M. GREENFIELD, Administratrix, etc.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 9, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn M. Hodge, Harrisonburg, W. W. Wharton (Wharton, Aldhizer & Weaver, Harrisonburg, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Flournoy L. Largent, Jr., Winchester (Edward F. Greco, Front Royal, Largent, Anderson, Larrick & Groves, Winchester, on brief), for defendant in error.

Before I'ANSON, C. J., and CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMAN, POFF and COMPTON, JJ.

COMPTON, Justice.

On July 30, 1974, Charles Wilbur Greenfield was killed when the 1963 Ford station wagon he was operating was struck by a Norfolk and Western Railway Company train at a rural railroad crossing in Warren County. In this death by wrongful act suit instituted against N & W by Greenfield's administratrix, the court below, overruling post-trial motions, entered judgment on a $350,000 jury verdict in favor...

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